La pratica attoriale in Richard Schechner: dalla sensazione all’essere. Sulle tracce della fenomenologia di Merleau-Ponty

Against Cartesian dualism and in line with the general twentieth-century rediscovery of body and perception, this paper aims to examine the role of senses for the performer, as presented by Richard Schechner’s theory of performance. Such a theory finds its legitimacy in the pages of the philosopher...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mabel Giraldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2013-04-01
Series:Itinera
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/itinera/article/view/2933
Description
Summary:Against Cartesian dualism and in line with the general twentieth-century rediscovery of body and perception, this paper aims to examine the role of senses for the performer, as presented by Richard Schechner’s theory of performance. Such a theory finds its legitimacy in the pages of the philosopher Mearleu-Ponty, and in the priority the philosopher assigned to perception and senses as sources of knowledge, as well as opening of consciousness to the world.
ISSN:2039-9251